When religion meets new media / Heidi A. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Heidi, 1970- author.

Series:

Media, Religion and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Religious aspects.

Technology.

Mass media--Religious aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media in religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. Heidi Campbell suggests a method for studying these processes she calls the "religious-social shaping of technology" and students are asked to consider four key areas: religious tradition and history; contemporary community values and priorities; negotiation and innovating technology in light of the community; communal discourses applied to justify use. A wealth of examples such as the Christian e-vangelism movement, Modern Islamic discourses about computers and the rise of the Jewish kosher cell phone, demonstrate the dominant strategies which emerge for religious media users, as well as the unique motivations that guide specific groups. - Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Book Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ch 1. Religious communities and the Internet

ch 2. Considering the religious-social shaping of technology

ch 3. History and media tradition: Discovering baselines for religious approaches to new media

ch 4. Community value and priorities: Contextualizing responses to new media

ch 5. Negotiating with new media: To accept, reject, reconfigure, and/or innovate?

ch 6. Considering communal discourse: Framing new media appropriation

ch 7. Studying the religious shaping of new media: The case of the kosher cell phone

ch 8. Insights from the religious-social shaping of new media

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Campbell, Heidi, When religion meets new media.

ISBN:

1-134-27212-X

1-134-27213-8

1-282-56945-7

9786612569456

0-203-69537-2

9780203695371

OCLC:

609858968